Good evening. I'm William Brangham. I'm Nine of Oz and Jeff Bennett are away. On the news hour tonight, the Trump administration halts offshore wind projects off the east coast. It's the latest move against this burgeoning industry. The new head of CBS News sparks controversy by pulling a 60-minute story about the alleged torture

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The Trump administration today announced an immediate pause on the leases for five large-scale offshore wind farms off the east coast, citing concerns about national security. The Interior Department provided few details,

but said the Pentagon believed the turbines could obscure and confuse radar signals.

This is just the latest move by the White House, taking aim at wind power.

At least one of the projects halted today was already partially operating. Our science correspondent Miles O O'Brien, has been reporting on these

projects and joins us now with the details. Miles, what is the reaction you've been hearing

from the states, from the companies about this move today? William, it's a little bit of a

groundhog day effect. One more time, sort of the same arguments, and there's a sense of resignation

and, frankly, quite a bit of sadness. There's a huge amount of money that's being lost,

even as we speak. And this idea of putting wind offshore to feed the cities, the population

centers along the East Coast.

First took root about 25 years ago, really began going in earnest about 10 years ago,

went through layer after layer of approval and permitting process,

which included the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense to determine if, in fact,

these turbines might pose a threat to radar and the ability for radar to track aircraft.

Ultimately, it passed all of those tests. The permits were granted, and now billions have been

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